diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mlb.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mlb.py
index 362c2b5c9..42aa2e227 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mlb.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mlb.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     parse_duration,
     parse_iso8601,
-    find_xpath_attr,
 )